I participated in the Etsymetal Project Runway Challenge as a guest and they invited me to join in on the interviewing also. All of the questions do not apply to me since I only did one challenge, but here they are.

1-How has this experience enhanced the way you create?This experience has given me a new direction in my creating process. I am very inspired and excited to see where my designing takes me. In the past I mostly created from my own drawings that I created mostly from images in my mind. I love to draw and watercolor. I usually see where a watercolor takes me and then find the one that could be transformed into a silver piece. I will now expand my creating process to search out inspiration from Art and Architecture and other specific things. I am quite excited about this new outlook to my designing process.
2-What have you gained from participating in the EMJC’s?
I have a new desire to research Art and Architecture to be inspired by. I was also very inspired by everyone else's beautiful creations. I am amazed by all of the talent.
3-What was your most favorite piece you made and why?
I only made one piece for this challenge, but I am inspired by everyone else's creations and wished I had joined in earlier.
4-What was the hardest challenge for you and why?
The challenge I entered was the last one. It was very challenging for me to find a piece of Artwork in a limited amount of time to interpret. I could have spent hours looking through the entire Getty Museum website. Once I found the photograph I wanted to interpret, it was very hard to interpret it and be able to express the beauty of photograph into metal. I kept changing the lines of the flower to try to match the photograph.
5-Will we see you again next season? I look forward in joining in next season!

Project Runway Challenge

This week I really wanted to join in with EMPRC (Etsymetal Project Runway Challenge) since this was the last one (and I LOVE Project Runway). I am joining in as a guest.

I sifted through the thousands of beautiful images of Art on the Getty Museum website last night. And I found many that I was inspired by. I picked three to look at in the morning and decide which one to go with. This morning after I dropped my daughter off at school, I dove in to decide which one to use. Then I sketched and made my piece. I had two hours. It took me three.

I was inspired by this photograph of the Lily. It is a photograph by Tina Modotti, Italian, Mexico, 1925, Platinum Print, 9 1/2 x 6 11/16 inch. It is beautifully simple. I love flowers and seemed like a beautiful flower to try to interpret. It was harder than I thought, but it turned out nice.

Thank you Etsymetal for allowing guests to participate!

Here is the link to their blog http://etsymetal.blogspot.com/

And the link to the Getty Museum to be inspired by all the beautiful and amazing Art. You could get lost for hours! http://www.getty.edu/museum/

Thank you for looking! Kathryn